Definition of 'bookcase'
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Example sentences containing 'bookcase'
First, a bookcase full of "long form" reports which confirmed the bookcase full of certified annual accounts which we already had.
Sharing the Success - the story of NFC (1990) Times, Sunday Times (2014) Times, Sunday Times (2007) Times, Sunday Times (2006)He slept on a single mattress that lay on the floor adjacent to a small bookcase that carried a copy of the Koran and some medical books.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)I have a friend who keeps a Lazy Susan bookcase on his desk containing one book each from a variety of fields.
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Translations for 'bookcase'
British English: bookcase /ˈbʊkˌkeɪs/
NOUN
A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves for books.
A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves for books.
- Arabic: خِزَانَةُ الكُتُب
- Brazilian Portuguese: estante
- Chinese: 书橱
- Croatian: polica za knjige
- Czech: knihovna skříň nebo police
- Danish: bogreol
- Dutch: boekenkast
- European Spanish: estantería
- Finnish: kirjahylly
- French: bibliothèque meuble
- German: Bücherregal
- Greek: βιβλιοθήκη
- Italian: libreria
- Japanese: 本箱
- Korean: 책장
- Norwegian: bokhylle
- Polish: biblioteczka
- Portuguese: estante
- Romanian: bibliotecă biblioteci
- Russian: книжный шкаф
- Spanish: estantería
- Swedish: bokhylla
- Thai: ตู้หนังสือ
- Turkish: kitaplık
- Ukrainian: книжкова шафа
- Vietnamese: tủ sách
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